Ever heard of the Story of Stuff Project?

The purpose behind this project is to open eyes as to the truth of how commercialism really works, why and why it could never work.

I posted this in Fragile Earth because there are several Environmental implications behind what is said. However, the narrator Annie Leonard touches
upon the linear progression of our stuff, from start to finish. She also implies why she thinks commercialism (in its current state) could never work
without destroying ourselves as a result. She will also talk about several ideas as to how we may fix things.

Never heard of this, but its actually pretty interesting. Its in a similar vein to Adbusters. Cool find, I've bookmarked it. The videos are a good
resource, I can't watch much of them till tomz - I just watched a bit of the one on bottled water, this is awesome.

These videos are produced by the Tides foundation and spew progressive propaganda. They are anti-capitalism bunk.

The videos promote a false representation of governments job..."to take care of us" ahhh NO the government does not exist to take care of us, we
can do that ourselves thank you very much...

This video states..."Poor Workers have to pay for their own healthcare"...like that is not reasonable. It is very reasonable each person be
responsible for his or her own healthcare.

Things are bad and people who make things are very bad...no we in the western world call it civilization. It is good and modern industry helps the
human condition...it improves communication, sanitation, health care, travel and infrastructure...I like bridges, skyscrapers, ipods, glasses, cereal,
kayaks, books and refrigerators, xrays, band aids...stuff helps people.

No stuff...no jobs... no jobs... no stuff...no food no schools no health care...this video is insane propaganda dn should not be taken seriously.

Oh and I will bet a million rupees she did not TRAVEL the world...the farest she traveled was to the production studio to read the slick script
written for her by TIDES foundation marxist progressives.

I don't think they ever said "no stuff". I think the moral of the story is the system needs to be revamped and there needs to be alternative ways
of getting our stuff.

For example: Plastic is petroleum based yet there are alternative plastics available that are created from microbiological byproducts.

Another good example would be the Plastic bottles. She states (correctly methinks) that you would think these plastic bottles would be melted down to
make plastic bottles again, but instead they are used to make other products that end up in the dump.

We all know incinerators release toxins into the atmosphere, why do you think you aren't supposed to burn plastic.

I would like you guys to check out the post I made in my signature. It goes along the same lines as this short film and was even placed in a comment
I made to someone else. Check out the films I linked in my post.

Well although I can agree that we use the system and therefore there are many necessary evils, there is a lot of truth into what is said. I mean we
have so many different ways of doing things now that are never put into practice. In fact our reliance on fossil fuels is a bit ludicrous. I
understand we use oil to make pretty well everything, but there are corners that can be cut and there are alternative materials for making different
things such as plastics (bio plastics). How about an increase in nuclear power plants? Some people say nuclear power is more dangerous, but really it
has a much better track record and if done safely is much better for the environment even with the waste factor taken to account. How about a
significant decrease in the use of petrol? That's not only an environmental benefit, it's a public weening off the teet so to speak. Perhaps safer
means of disposal of silicon electronics, or maybe research on a way to recycle old boards. Although they won't be able to replace everything there
are areas we can plug these things in that could really make a difference.

It also hits me kind of hard that plastic bottles are not turned back into plastic bottles. Why is that I wonder?

All I'm saying is we have come so far technologically that really we have the means to change things more than ever.

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